Kevin Durant

An espn.com story Tuesday captured the wildly disparate views on Latvian power forward Kristaps Porzingis. Its headline read: "Is Porzingis more Dirk (Nowitzki) or Darko (Milicic)?" In other words, will Porzingis turn out closer to the 7-foot Hall of Famer Nowitzki, who won an NBA title with the Mavericks and is a 13-time all-star with 28,119 career points, or Milicic, whom the Pistons took at No. 2 (ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade) in 2003 and accumulated just 152 points in 96 games with Detroit? Some draft experts think Porzingis, who is only 19, could go as high as No. 3 to the Philadelphia 76ers in Thursday night's NBA Draft. He is a coveted...

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OKLAHOMA CITY — NBA MVP Kevin Durant will miss the rest of the season and have bone graft surgery next week to treat a fractured bone in his right foot.
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